Education

The periodic table, as well as evolution, won’t be taught to under-16s in India as they start the new school year

After reading a Scientific American editorial on sleep and school start times, students and their teacher wrote to the editors about their experiences. Their district listened, and school will start later next year

To demonstrate our university’s biodiversity, we created maps using Indian folk art, and they have been a resounding success

Moves in Florida to control public education mirror past fascist strategies in ways that are disquieting for American democracy, a historian argues

Texas education officials adopted changes to internal guidance on textbooks that could steer schools to buy books that misinform students about global warming

I helped develop a plan to support youth living with HIV and would like to see more educational institutions prioritize our needs

Hospitals and health care workers are making voter engagement a part of whole-person health care

STEM professionals must stand against the white supremacy and scientific racism that fuels arguments against affirmative action

Science is a social process, and teaching students how researchers work in tandem to develop facts will make them less likely to be duped by falsehoods

An expert explains how numbers can mislead and what she’s doing to help people understand them better

In case you missed it

Voyager spacecraft, generational trauma, momentum computing, and more in this issue